Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[JJ-AV]

Rafa Benitez

[Rudy65]

There are decent managers out there and some are unknown. Early days but Leeds look good when I've seen them. They have a manager Ive never heard of and several players who they have picked up for peanuts and again look decent

[Ads]

Leeds got battered by the Noses second half, but found a way to win.

We were mince against Brentford, but Chester ought to have score to steal three points. We ought to have found ways before too. It seems however, we can only win when we click and don't use the confidence built in those games to take into say, Brentford where you think ok we have been poor, but you've not taken your chances, we only need one. Cheers and good night.

In fact it is confidence that plays a huge part in that, but I don't think the players are being used to their full potential, attacking wise that is.

[Toronto Villa]

We were mince against Brentford and they would have been out of sight if we didn't spend £15m on their top striker who scored there for fun.

[old man villa fan]

I would go for Frank de Boer. He doesn't become a bad manager overnight. Did really well in Holland with rebuilding a side and getting success. To have more than a passing interest from Liverpool and Spurs and then getting the Milan job shows that he is highly regarded. Not sure what went wrong at Palace in such a short period of time. It would seem that off the field things affected performances.

He is available and would be the type of manager that might introduce modern football to Aston Villa.

[cdbearsfan]

Well, just look at the bars. Of those with the most votes:

Bielsa, Fat Sam, Dyche, Tuchel and Wagner should be deleted as there's zero chance

Dean Smith is building a good career but is currently bottom of the league with no wins, has never played or managed at a big club, and I don't think has ever finished above ninth as a manager

Jokanovic would be the best candidate but I can't see why he'd come

Mellberg is a manager in the Swedish second division who wouldn't be on the list if he wasn't  a former villa player

It's this kind of unambitious thinking that has helped get us into the mess in which we find ourselves. Had we thought like this when choosing Billy McNeill's successor, we might have been waiting since 1987, rather than 2016, for a chance of top-flight football.

[PeterWithesShin]

Worth pointing out it wasn't ambitious thinking that got SGT, he basically delivered himself tied up in a bow. IIRC the favourite before that was Dave Bassett.

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe, but it still undermines the assertion that we couldn't attract anyone who has achieved decent success at a higher level when a manager who had recently been runner-up in League and FA Cup was delighted at the prospect of dropping a division to manage us.

[XXVilla]

I would go for Frank de Boer. He doesn't become a bad manager overnight. Did really well in Holland with rebuilding a side and getting success. To have more than a passing interest from Liverpool and Spurs and then getting the Milan job shows that he is highly regarded. Not sure what went wrong at Palace in such a short period of time. It would seem that off the field things affected performances.

He is available and would be the type of manager that might introduce modern football to Aston Villa.

Doesn't sound unreasonable.

[Toronto Villa]

De Boer would be afforded much more time to build something with us than he had at Inter or Palace. I'd be interested in that. There would be urgency and pressure with us, but not the panic that seems to engulf PL sides or the volatility of managing in Italy.

[Holte L2]

De Boer would be afforded much more time to build something with us than he had at Inter or Palace. I'd be interested in that. There would be urgency and pressure with us, but not the panic that seems to engulf PL sides or the volatility of managing in Italy.

What style did De Boer try and implement at Palace? Alarming that they pulled the plug so rapidly.

[Clark W Griswold]

I almost feel that I should be giving myself a slap when I say it but Sam Alladyce. We need someone to come in and say, huh Aston Villa, they've been shit for years, I'm not overwhelmed I'll just go in and do my thing. I think he could be the man.

[PeterWithesShin]

Depending on how true this is, he'd either be a disaster or a masterstroke I reckon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41229891

[cdbearsfan]

I almost feel that I should be giving myself a slap when I say it but Sam Alladyce. We need someone to come in and say, huh Aston Villa, they've been shit for years, I'm not overwhelmed I'll just go in and do my thing. I think he could be the man.

Allardyce has retired. If he wanted to manage anyone, he wouldn't have left Palace.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I'm pretty sure Allardyce will manage again, once he's had a break from the game. How long that break lasts depends on the offers he gets, a bit like MON before he came here.

I used to really dislike him but would now accept him as I think the job wouldn't overwhelm him and he'd get us up.  The last two seasons he's joined clubs mid season and done enough in that time to salvage the season. As say a two year option, he'd do for me.